High Endemicity and Low Molecular Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Pregnant Women in a Rural District of North Cameroon

Alexandra Ducancelle; Pierre Abgueguen; Jacques Birguel; Wael Mansour; Adeline Pivert; Hélène Le Guillou-Guillemette; Jean-Jacques Sobnangou; Amélie Rameau; Jean-Marie Huraux; Françoise Lunel-Fabiani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080346

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High Endemicity and Low Molecular Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Pregnant Women in a Rural District of North Cameroon

Alexandra Ducancelle ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Ducancelle, Pierre Abgueguen

* E-mail: alducancelle@chu-angers.fr

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Pierre Abgueguen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Ducancelle, Pierre Abgueguen

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Jacques Birguel,

Affiliation Catholic hospital of Tokombéré, BP 74 Maroua, Cameroun
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Wael Mansour,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Adeline Pivert,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Hélène Le Guillou-Guillemette,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Jean-Jacques Sobnangou,

Affiliation Public health district of Tokombéré, BP 115 Mora, Cameroun
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Amélie Rameau,

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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Jean-Marie Huraux,

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Hospital AP-HP Pitié-Salpêtrière, ER1 DETIV, University Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie, France
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Françoise Lunel-Fabiani

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Angers University Hospital, and HIFIH Laboratory, UPRES 3859, SFR 4208, Angers Cedex 9, France
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High Endemicity and Low Molecular Diversity of Hepatitis B Virus Infections in Pregnant Women in a Rural District of North Cameroon

Alexandra Ducancelle,
Pierre Abgueguen,
Jacques Birguel,
Wael Mansour,
Adeline Pivert,
Hélène Le Guillou-Guillemette,
Jean-Jacques Sobnangou,
Amélie Rameau,
Jean-Marie Huraux,
Françoise Lunel-Fabiani

Published: November 12, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080346

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